Afdeling (Dutch: Afdeeling) was an administrative area during the Dutch East Indies colonial administration at the district level. The administrator is held by an assistant resident. Afdeling is part of a residency; an afdeling may consist of several Onderafdeling (kawedanan level ruled by a Dutch "wedana" called a Controleur) and a landschap headed by an Bumiputera called a hoofd or head.[1]
In the plantation sector , afdeling is an administrative division of a garden.[2]
See also
- Dutch East Indies
- Inlands Bestuur
- Onderdistrict
- Pemboewan
- Kewedanan
References
- ↑ Encyclopædie van Nederlandsch-Indië. 's-Gravenhage en Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff en E.J. Brill, 4 delen en 4 supplementen, 1917-1939 (First edition: 4 volumes from circa 1895 to 1905. 's-Gravenhage and Leiden, sa)
- ↑ Cribb Robert, Historical Atlas of Indonesia. Richmond Surrey: Curzon Press, 2000. ISBN 0-7007-0985-1.
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